The U.S. began the process of purchasing NASAMS air defense systems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The United States has launched the process of purchasing NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine.
What is known
This was officially announced by the U.S. Department of Defense. At a briefing, a Pentagon spokesman said that the United States was already in the process of buying Norwegian air defense systems, but he did not disclose details of the contracts.
US may purchase NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine appeared at the end of June, one day before the NATO summit in Madrid. On the first day of July this was officially announced. Note that Norwegian air defense systems have not yet been used to destroy Russian missiles. Ukraine will be the first in the world to do so.
on July 15, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman of the Air Force Command of the AFU, said that Ukraine will receive two batteries of NASAMS, not just two anti-aircraft missile systems. He did not specify the number of SAMs, but it is known that the NASAMS III battery consists of six mobile missile launchers on caterpillar chassis.
Source: Department of Defense
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